Bloody Broadsides - San Antonio
March 7, 2015 - Game run by Grant Hopwood
Bloody Broadsides is alive and well in Texas!!
We played a great game using Bloody Broadsides rules and Portsmouth
Miniatures ships yesterday. Here is a brief write-up of the
event and some pictures. We have a very active group - LSHM.
Our main event is MelliniumCon that takes place in November in
Austin TX. Thanks for a great game system and beautiful
miniatures!!!!
Lone Star Historical Miniatures(LSHM) – The Battle of Trafalgar
16 of us met up at Dragon’s Lair San Antonio Saturday, 7 March, for
a great game of Napoleonic Naval action. Grant Hopwood presented a
very fun game using his beautiful collection of Portsmouth miniature
ships. We used the Bloody Broadsides rules, by Jeff Hunt – and they
definitely lived up to their name!!
The powerful British flotilla had the wind at their back and Ken
Ramsey took command as Lord Horatio Nelson. The French / Spanish
fleet was already in line and awaiting the British advance. Ken
ordered all British ship commanders to advance and break the French
line. The game immediately got into action. These are fast play and
enjoyable rules. Most of us had never played before and it didn’t
take long for us to master the mechanics. Grant controlled the game
and kept it moving. Four hours passed by pretty fast. In the end the
French + Spanish fleet lost 4 ships and the British 2, ending in a
British victory.
More pictures from the event.
